Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats – Eat Your self Skinny

Delicious, melt-in-your-mouth spooky Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats made extra wholesome with creamy peanut butter, honey and vanilla merely made in merely quarter-hour! The proper cope with for Halloween that your kids will love!

We grew up making rice krispie treats as kids, these with gooey marshmallows and melted butter, nonetheless you may considerably LOVE these extra wholesome Frankenstein rice krispie treats! We’re swapping out the marshmallows for creamy peanut butter, honey and vanilla for some sweetness, then making them festive by together with inexperienced meals coloring and satisfying candy eyeballs. These monster treats make the appropriate addition to your Halloween event and your kids will love them! You moreover don’t ought to make these just for Halloween, skip the inexperienced meals coloring and and make these delicious rice krispie treats any time!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Solely 4 simple substances are used and easily made in merely quarter-hour!
• Made extra wholesome with peanut butter as an alternative of marshmallows.
• Zero baking required and great easy to make.
• Youngster (and grownup) authorised 👍🏼 and your kids might have a blast making them with you.
• Good extra wholesome sweet cope with for Halloween!

Elements You’ll Need

• Brown rice cereal – I used this crispy brown rice cereal because the precept ingredient on this recipe, nonetheless it’s best to use fundamental Rice Krispies for many who need
• Peanut butter – this takes the place of typical marshmallows and holds the bars collectively. I used creamy peanut butter, nonetheless any nut butter will work in these and even sunflower butter if in case you’ve a nut allergy
• Honey – naturally sweetens these bars with out using any refined sugar, nonetheless you might also use maple syrup if you happen to want to protect these vegan
• Vanilla extract + salt – boosts of style!
• Inexperienced meals coloring – this generally is a ought to to make them look like Frankenstein! Any form of inexperienced meals coloring will work
• Spooky additions – you want some satisfying candy eyes, pretzel sticks and black candy melts (widespread chocolate chips will work too, nonetheless will doubtless be additional brown than black)

The way in which to Make Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats

1. Mix the moist substances. In a medium saucepan over low to medium heat, stir collectively the peanut butter, honey, vanilla and a pinch of salt until melted and all combined. You possibly can moreover soften the substances in a microwave-safe bowl inside the microwave in 30 second intervals, mixing each time, until all combined.
2. Add rice cereal. Flip the heat off the vary and add in only a few drops of inexperienced meals coloring. Whisk collectively until the mixture is the shade of inexperienced you want then add inside the brown rice cereal, mix until all is combined and the cereal is completely coated.
3. Let bars set. Change the rice cereal mixture to an 8×8 baking pan lined with a little bit of parchment paper (or nonstick cooking spray) and unfold the mixture out using a spatula, pressing all of it the best way all the way down to evenly flatten the treats and pack each factor down. Cowl the pan and place inside the fridge for as a minimum 3 hours until the treats are set. Fastidiously take away the treats from the pan and decrease into 16 bars.
4. Beautify! Add black candy melts (or chocolate) in a small bowl and microwave in 30 second intervals, mixing each time, until melted. Decrease a small slit on the tip of a plastic dishevelled or piping bag and add melted candy melts. Slowly pipe the hair and squiggly mouth onto each bar and use the melted chocolate to ‘glue’ the candy eyes on. Alternatively, you’ll be able to dip the tops of the bars into the melted chocolate. Trim the pretzel sticks and place them on each aspect of the bars as a result of the bolts, using the candy melts as soon as extra as glue. Fastidiously press them into the bars so that they stick.

Concepts for Making Frankenstein Treats

1. Be certain that the peanut butter is mixed successfully as you want it to be good and thick to hold the mixture collectively.
2. Use a spatula to mix the crispy rice cereal with the rest of the substances which prevents sticking and helps unfold the mixture out inside the pan. Be certain that to press down firmly so that the mixture is packed and holds collectively when set.
3. You presumably can merely swap out the peanut butter for any form of nut butter! One other good selections are almond butter, cashew butter and even sunflower seed butter if in case you’ve a nut allergy.
4. I uncover that using parchment paper makes it rather a lot easier to remove the treats from the pan as a strategy to decrease them evenly, nonetheless it’s best to use nonstick spray if that’s all you should have.
5. You’ll want to refrigerate the bars for as a minimum 3 hours (and even in a single day) to really make certain that the bars are set and are company ample to cut so that they won’t disintegrate.
6. The melted candy chocolate is not solely decorative, nonetheless acts as glue to remain on the eyes and keep the pretzel “bolts” on the sides of these bars.
7. If making a bunch of rice krispie treats (glorious for occasions!), be at liberty to double this recipe and use a 9×13 baking dish.

Prepping and Storage

To-Retailer: These cute Frankenstein rice krispie treats is perhaps saved in a sealed, airtight container for as a lot as 1 week inside the fridge. Sooner than serving, enable them to sit down for a few minutes at room temp so that they soften a bit and experience!

To Freeze: These could be frozen for as a lot as 3 months in a sealed, airtight container or you can individually retailer them in plastic wrap and take them out individually to thaw.

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